Penholder.



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982,184. Patented Jam .17, 1911.

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IINIVIED STATES ATENT FFICE.

JOHN H. LOVELL, OF DORCHESTER, ILLINOIS.

PENHOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. LovELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dorchester, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stationery appliances, and more particularlyto ejecting penholders, and has for its object to provide a magazinepenholder of novel construction.

An important object of the invention is to provide a magazine holder ofa novel type provided with an ejecting member which will at the sametime serve to engage pens in the magazine for presentation in operativeposition.

A further object is to provide a novel form of holder allowing therecharging of the magazine with facility.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and it will be understood that changes in the specicstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side view of the device, Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the device in operative position, Fig. 3is a similar view showing it in discharging position, Fig. 1 is asimilar view illustrating the movement of the pen into operativeposition, Fig. 5V is a view of the device in position for recharging ofthe magazine, Fig. G is a top view showing the magazine exposed forreloading, Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 2, Fig. 8is a similar view on t-he line S-S of Fig. 2, Fig. 9 is a fragmentaryview of one end of the inclosing tube of the penholder showing thebayonet slot.

Referring' to the drawings, there is shown a penholder including a bodymember 10 comprising a st-ick tapered at one end to a point as shown at1l, its forward end being provided with the clamp block or member 12of'any suitable construction customarily used, the stick 10 having a penreceiving opening 13 in its upper side approximately the length andshape of average sized pens, end walls 1-1 being formed in the stick ateach end of the opening and providing a magazine A. The partitions arepreferably provided with slots extending vertically with respect to theopening 13 and engaged slidably in these there is a pen supportingSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 19, 1910.

Patented aan. iv, 191i. Serial No. 556,342.

bar 15 having reduced tenons 16 at opposite ends disposed in t-he slots.

The bar 15 is supported by a suitable spring 17 which may be of anysuitable type, or may be replaced by a plurality of springs, amechanical expedient which it is not deemed essential to illustrate; thespring illustrated being simply a bow spring of arcuate form having itsconvex surface disposed centrally against the bottom of the magazine,one end being secured to the forward end of the bar 15 and the other endbeing disposed slidably thereagainst. Engaged slidably upon the stick10, there is a second cover tube 19. The movement of the sleeve 19 islimited by means of the pin 2O located adjacent the forward end of thetube 11. The pin 20 engages in the bayonet slot 23, formed in theforward end of the tube 19, so that a rotary and forward movement of thebody 10 will cause said body l0 to emerge from the forward end of thetube 19, and expose the magazine kto view. The sleeve 19 is providedwith a longitudinally extending slot 22 in its upper side, in whichthere is reciprocable a headed operating stem 24 carried upon alongitudinally reciprocable trigger plate 25 slidable in a suitablerecess 26 formed in the vtop of the stick 10. The recess is continuedover the forward portion of the stick 10 its depth being increasedbeyond the forward end of the magazine to allow the passage of a penthereover, as will be subsequently described.

In operation, the pens are gathered and nested and presented with theirconcave portions inwardly over the bar 15, the trigger plate being atthe rear limit of its movement and the tube 19 also being forcedbackwardly to expose the magazine properly for such operation. The pensare pressed inwardly and the forward end of the trigger plate engagedthereover, after which both the trigger plate and the tube 19 may beforced into their forward positions. In this movement the tooth 27engages the rear end of the uppermost pen-point forcing it forwardlyfrom the magazine and outwardly beyond the block 12, at which inwardposit-ion it is ready for use.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a central body memberhaving a magazine therein and resilient pen supporting means, alongitudinally reciprocable member carried thereon and adapted for!sliding engagement against the uppermost pens of the magazine, saidreciprocating member having a projection thereon adapted to engage therear end oi" a pen point for projection forwardly of the device7 andmeans carried by the pen projecting means for holding the pen inprojected position.

2. A device of the class described comprising an interior sleeve havinga chamber formed thereon opening on one side, a resilient pen supportingmember engaged therein, an exterior sleeve slidable around the l l lfirst named member, a trigger device slidable therebetween over theopening of the 15 magazine and having a projection thereon adapted toengage the uppermost pen in said magazine for movement forwardly of andprojection from the device.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature7 20 in presence of' twowitnesses.

JOHN H. LOVELL.

Vitnesses XVM. HOUCK, G. E. GRANT.

